Connect to Wi-Fi Remotely Before First Sign-in to a PC

This article is intended to be used by remote staff who need to connect to their home Wi-Fi before their first sign-in to a PC.

A home Wi-Fi internet connection is required for these steps.

1. Before you attempt to sign-in to the computer, please make sure to connect the computer to your home Wi-Fi.

You will need your home Wi-Fi password handy to this.

2. Turn the computer on and plug it in to power.

3. Once the computer finishes starting, at the sign-in screen, in the lower right-hand corner of the PC screen, you will see a globe or Wi-Fi symbol, click on that:

4. A list of Wi-Fi networks will appear, please select your home Wi-Fi network, make sure the box to Connect automatically is checked, and select Connect.

5. When asked to enter the password, please enter password that you use to connect to your Wi-Fi:

6. Once the Wi-Fi connect, please wait at least 5 minutes before trying to sign-in to the computer.

If you are not able to sign-in to the computer after 5 minutes, your computer may still be connecting to the server.
Please leave the computer plugged in, and connected to power, to give it more time to connect to the server.

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